tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post327273291066261100..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Butlin's fun holiday camps in Britain 1936 - 1970Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37335368601986911302018-12-21T17:31:34.679+11:002018-12-21T17:31:34.679+11:00Philip
great topic, isn't it. There are only ...Philip<br /><br />great topic, isn't it. There are only three Butlins still standing, in great locations - Bognor Regis, Minehead Exmoor and Skegness. Are any of your students involved in these types of family holidays?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2468564678359300742018-12-20T18:56:27.881+11:002018-12-20T18:56:27.881+11:00Thanks for the information and links you shared th...Thanks for the information and links you shared this is so should be a useful and quite informative! <br /><a href="https://philiptrainingcentre.com/holiday-camps/" rel="nofollow">click here</a>Philip Training Centrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748433801199626608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71420861726688754022018-11-24T17:17:12.766+11:002018-11-24T17:17:12.766+11:00Holiday CampsHoliday Camps - We provide the best o...<a href="https://www.bricks4kidz.com.sg/" rel="nofollow">Holiday Camps</a>Holiday Camps - We provide the best online learning coaching for Stem Education Coding in Singapore. Get the best online Stem Education Coding for your kids.<br /><br />Moin khan chouhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344875038359043550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86712002767892546072018-04-08T16:46:54.193+10:002018-04-08T16:46:54.193+10:00Joseph
Although I believed Butlins' contribut...Joseph<br /><br />Although I believed Butlins' contribution to the war effort, it is always good to get external confirmation. The Women’s Voluntary Service Report was timely and informative. Helshttp://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-26423632457697670112018-04-07T22:11:42.569+10:002018-04-07T22:11:42.569+10:00I found this report thanking Butlins in Dovercourt...I found this report thanking Butlins in Dovercourt and published in Jan 1938 by the Women’s Voluntary Service Report worker N De Selincourt:<br /><br />“The camp belongs to Butlins Company, who built it for the purpose of letting huts to town people in summer at the rate of about £2 a week. It is used as a kind of clearing station for German and Austrian Jewish and non-Aryan refugee children until arrangements can be made for their future. These children are from 5 to 18 years of age, and their parents are mostly dead or in concentration camps. The Nazi authorities are apparently only too glad to get rid of the children, with the exception of boys of seventeen and over, whom they require for labour. They come through Holland, are only allowed to bring one mark out of Germany, and come into England in batches of varying numbers.”Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4977797075892087082018-04-04T12:02:31.548+10:002018-04-04T12:02:31.548+10:00Parnassus
Tourism and railway posters made the be...Parnassus<br /><br />Tourism and railway posters made the best use of the Art Deco style EVER! Sharp, full of movement, strong colours and no writing to clutter the middle of the poster. I found this one on ebay:<br />https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Butlins-Butlins-Poster-30-x24-j4576/332498875423?hash=item4d6a7a341f:g:-SkAAOSwk1haQUibHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30973112284501480792018-04-04T11:45:59.491+10:002018-04-04T11:45:59.491+10:00Hilary
Spouse and I always did totally independen...Hilary<br /><br />Spouse and I always did totally independent holidays, but once we hit a certain age, organised holidays started to sound more and more suitable. Thus we hire a car during the day and tour all around, but get back to the hotel/chalet at 5 PM for cocktails. Then dinner is prepared by someone else (bless their hearts) and an on-site evening of bridge tournaments, concerts or the cinema. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-15821220743255585702018-04-04T11:38:24.130+10:002018-04-04T11:38:24.130+10:00bazza
I am on your parents' side. As time wen...bazza<br /><br />I am on your parents' side. As time went on and Butlins became more and more elegant, activities like ballroom dancing became very popular. And eventually the most elegant Butlins facilities dropped the name altogether. <br /><br />Now the entertainment centres, restaurants and bars are quite classy. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29648887871215508792018-04-04T11:31:03.761+10:002018-04-04T11:31:03.761+10:00Deb
that is very true. There are lovely beaches a...Deb<br /><br />that is very true. There are lovely beaches and beach towns in Lincolnshire, all the way to Grimsby and beyond. But I must admit that sometimes the names are a bit off-putting. Skegness, Grimsby, Saltfleetby Theddlethorpe, Moggs Eye, Cleethorpes etc sound harsh.<br /><br />Skegness was initially selected because families had to be able to get to Butlins easily by public transport (trains) in the 1930s and because the camp site facilities would be cheaper than elsewhere. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51659705724227740992018-04-04T11:13:48.366+10:002018-04-04T11:13:48.366+10:00Andrew
I was still in my hippy days back then and...Andrew<br /><br />I was still in my hippy days back then and the idea of dancing with a laughing middle aged redcoat male was unthinkable. But the concept of an affordable family holiday package in decent accommodation was very impressive.... and still is.<br /><br />There were many references to Butlins on tv, but the only series I could find was Hi-de-Hi! a 1980s comedy programme set in Maplin's holiday camp.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68031982845639462612018-04-04T11:03:03.382+10:002018-04-04T11:03:03.382+10:00Hi Hels - thanks for visiting and your comment on ...Hi Hels - thanks for visiting and your comment on the naming of Canada. I never went to a Butlins ... but I know people who used to go still occasionally go to that sort of resort ... suits them ... there's entertainment and is fully inclusive ... I've always sort of wanted to go - but never will now. This was a lovely resume ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41998835518217974662018-04-04T01:14:22.653+10:002018-04-04T01:14:22.653+10:00Hello Hels, I love those British holiday posters....Hello Hels, I love those British holiday posters. I particularly recall the one called "Skegness is so Bracing." Perhaps you featured that one before?<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85935052213335355032018-04-04T00:40:00.966+10:002018-04-04T00:40:00.966+10:00You are right to mention the poor image that Butli...You are right to mention the poor image that Butlins had. While I was growing up there were jokes about holidaymakers forming escape committees! I never went but my father and step-mother were very keen ballroom dancers and loved the south coast Butlins hotels for that. They still have many large hotels around the UK coast and they still have the camps, I think.<br />Many popular entertainers started out as Redcoats: Des O'Connor, Michael Barrymore and Jimmy Tarbuck were all former Redcoats.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s barmecidal Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-39713149281229616662018-04-03T21:33:55.367+10:002018-04-03T21:33:55.367+10:00If I was choosing the nicest beach holiday resort ...If I was choosing the nicest beach holiday resort in the UK, I might not think immediately of Skegness.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65712161716907100792018-04-03T21:18:28.340+10:002018-04-03T21:18:28.340+10:00But you don't say what your Butlins experience...But you don't say what your Butlins experience was like! R went to one in York in the 70s somewhere with a mate who went on to become his brother in law, ex now. There was a tv series in the 80s I kind of remember and it did not paint them terribly well. As I began reading your post, and you later made mention of it, the El fish and chippo places on the Costa del Sol have replaced holiday camps. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com